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Membership Program
We are now offering a Membership Program to our members. Membership entitles paid members to receive $10.00 off any single tournament each month. If you play one tournament each month, you’ll receive a total of $120 discount. In addition, we started Casual Chess every Friday night on a weekly basis (excluding some weeks for scheduling conflicts). We also plan to hold a Casual Chess session on at least one weekend day each month. The cost will be $7 each time but the fee is included in Membership benefits for all Paid Members. The annual membership fee is $100.00. For two or more players in a household (e.g. siblings or parent/children), the annual membership fee is $150 for up to 4 household players. While paying the annual membership fee is optional, please consider that by becoming a paid member, you will be helping to ensure SNVCC continues to grow and expand.

We now have two Crokinole Boards! Players attending weekly Casual Chess And Socializing may play Crokinole.

SNVCC hosted our first Annual 702 Winter Classic. The results can be seen here:

See Las Vegas Review Journal article featuring Bridgeopolis Chess

Upcoming Tournaments and activities at Southern Nevada Chess Club

October Series

October Rounds: Thursdays: October 2, 9, 16, 23.

With enough players in two ratings groups, we can have multiple sections. Otherwise, all players compete in one section.

The series is limited to players with ratings above 900. Waivers available for qualified players. We play one round each night for a total of four rounds. Fee: $50 in advance. Add $2 for Venmo/Paypal$2 with cash or personal check.

Sun. Oct. 5 @ 1:00pm

Join us for our Rated tournament for players of skill levels from unrated to u1350. With enough players, we have multiple sections otherwise we combine into one section. This tournament often attracts kids and adults; some playing in their first rated tournament.

Crokinole and Cornhole at SNVCC

We now have TWO Crokinole boards and a Cornhole set for our players’ enjoyment during Casual Chess and Socializing.

Tournaments coming soon. Click the More Info button above for details

Sun. Oct. 12 @ 1:00pm


There’s a need to teach kids how to play Chess tournaments. This unrated and unofficial educational practice tournament will teach kids the basic fundamentals so they can confidently and comfortably participate in official tournaments after they know how to move the pieces.

We will teach the kids how to use and set Chess clocks, how to take notation, and the mechanics of playing in tournaments according to official rules. To create a positive learning environment, we will have a separate game-within-game to reinforce proper procedures. Each player will start with 100 tokens/points. If they move too fast, forget to take notation or get lost in notation, use the wrong hand to press the clock, forget “touch-move”, etc., they will lose tokens. Positive actions will gain tokens. Prizes will be awarded to those players who retain the largest number of tokens at the end. We will reinforce what local coaches are teaching them so they will develop the necessary skills to play in local Club, State, and even National tournaments. USCF Membership is not required for this tournament. This tournament will provide time for the kids to begin to understand the reasons behind the rules. Four rounds of G20+10. Intended for kids with no USCF rating or under 550. Maximum age: 12 years old.

Sunday Oct. 19 @ 12:30pm at SNVCC

The August and September events were very fun with 16 players so we’re doing it again monthly. This is an unrated tournament with three rounds in order to introduce tournament Chess to customers of Café do Paraíso and to offer SNVCC players some practice for rated tournaments. We will have players of all skill levels from none to expert-level. Owner Owen Carver markets his locally-roasted coffee at the Farmers Markets and places a Chess board at his booth. With this, the general public gets to taste coffee and chess. Samples of his very popular coffee will be available at the tournament and awarded as prizes to the winners. SNVCC will award free entries to future tournaments. Raffles too! All details can be found on the Registration Form by clicking the green button above.


Sun. Oct. 26 @ 12:30pm


Our next Chess960 Tournament. Unrated. Join us for a tournament of four games of Free Style Chess. Random starting positions will be announced 5-10 minutes before each round.

Prizes for first and second place winners. See registration link for details.


Casual Chess

NOTE: the next Casual Chess will be determined at a later date.

Join us for our weekly Casual Chess night. We may also have other board games like Crokinole.
Fee: FREE for Paid members. All others: $7.00

Registration not required but please email us to let us know if you plan to come.

If there are no players present before 7:00pm, we will close early that night.



We’ve compiled a short guide for new Southern Nevada Chess Club Players

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The Southern Nevada Chess Club is a private club. Anyone may join but management reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to remove an individual deemed as rude, arrogant, or failing to exhibit good sportsmanship. It is the responsibility of all players to know and understand the official Rules of Chess.